Seen from space, western China’s Tarim Basin shows the importance of waterways. The image, taken by the OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) instrument on the Landsat-9 satellite, captures the geological and
Seen from space, western China’s Tarim Basin shows the importance of waterways. The image, taken by the OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) instrument on the Landsat-9 satellite, captures the geological and
A team led by a University of Maryland astronomer detected large complex organic molecules in ices outside of the Milky Way for the first time, offering a glimpse into the
Detergent bottles and other litter can travel thousands of miles across the ocean before washing up on the remote Island of Kaho’olawe in Hawaii. JPL remote-sensing technology recently showed that
Air showers ensuing from very-high-energy cosmic rays can enter Earth’s atmosphere from multiple directions. Credit: Simon Swordy/NASA The exploration of cosmic rays, which are high-energy particles originate from space and
Artistic reconstruction of the Huayuan biota. Credit Image by YANG Dinghua. Around 540 million years ago, Earth’s biosphere underwent a pivotal transformation, shifting from a microbe-dominated world to one teeming
Activities at NASA’s flagship science center are coming under a Congressional magnifying glass, and lawmakers are calling for the space agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) to get involved. A
Potential energy profiles for the three abstraction channels in the CH3CH2OH + F reaction. All energies are ZPVE corrected. — astro-ph.GA Alcohols and aldehydes represent two key classes of interstellar
Draw an imaginary line from 2 bright stars in the easy-to-see constellation Orion the Hunter to star-hop to the “twin” stars Castor and Pollux. The line goes from Orion’s bright
In an unusual display fitting for the Halloween season, Lake Carnegie in Australia has been captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, showcasing its eerie shape from orbit. Situated at the
A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was spotted by a team of four amateur astronomers






